Facebook Employee to Be Killed Off on ‘Game of Thrones’

Who would pay $20,000 to be whacked by George R.R. Martin in “A Song of Ice and Fire” for the fantasy author’s recent charity auction? If your guess was Mark Zuckerberg—known for being a serious fan of the series—you’d be close (Marcuso Zuckerborgia, anyone?).

Instead, it is Facebook product specialist David Goldblatt, based in San Francisco, who bought the prize, with proceeds going to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary and the Food Depot of Santa Fe. According to ABC News, Goldblatt chose to be a Valyrian, a people associated with House Targaryen and their special steel (an exceptionally sharp and strong metal, yet light; Ned Stark’s “Ice” was made of Valyrian steel).

The other individual, who claimed the prize for a female character in the series, remains anonymous.

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